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   Hyp·o·crite

   /ˈhipəˌkrit/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person who indulges in hypocrisy: "the story tells of respectable Ben who turns out to be a cheat and a hypocrite"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French ypocrite, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek hupokritēs ‘actor’, from hupokrinesthai (see hypocrisy).

   Scrabble Points: 19

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   • Y

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   • O

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   • C

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   • R

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   • I

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